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UTVB2500 Choices of Sustainability Transitions Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Veivalg for bærekraftig utvikling
Study programme
Bachelor's Programme in Development Studies
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2025/2026
Course history

Introduction

The Faculty of Education and International Studies at Oslo and OsloMet offers interdisciplinary courses in Development Studies and North-South relations, leading to a Bacherlor's degree in Development Studies of 180 ECTS credits. This course on Problems of Sustainability is at the intermediate level and represents a 10 ECTS credits module in the 5th semester of the bachelor programme.

The course will be taught in English (or Norwegian, depending on needs according to the participants' language abilities). The exam papers can be written in English, Norwegian, Swedish or Danish

Recommended preliminary courses

For å fremstille seg til vurdering i praksis må følgende være godkjent:

  • Studentens konkretisering av læringsutbyttet for emnet.
  • Selvvurdering og utfylt vurderingsskjema leveres til midtveis- og sluttvurdering.
  • Deltakelse i obligatoriske aktiviteter:
    • Simulering
    • Refleksjonsgrupper

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course, the student has acquired the following learning outcomes classified as knowledge, skills and general competencies.

Knowledge The student can

  • identify different dimensions and interpretations of the terms «sustainability», «sustainable development», «the Anthropocene» and "the Capitalocene";
  • discuss explanations of the present situation of "unsustainable development", and its historical background;
  • identify the range of approaches and history behind sustainability transitions, such as doughnut economics, ecomodernism/green growth, degrowth, and the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Skills The student can

  • reflect critically on the main strengths and weaknesses of frameworks for sustainability transitions in the context of countries both in the Global North and South, as well as in the relation between the North and South;
  • identify political and economic impediments to sustainability transitions in the contemporary world.

General competenciesThe student

  • has obtained a basic competence to critically examine, discuss and take part in democratic decision making and action regarding choices of sustainability transitions;
  • has obtained a basic competence to identify "greenwashing", "green colonialism" and other types of unjustifiable claims of sustainability transition.

Content

Knowledge

The student:

  • has broad knowledge of theoretical perspectives on the interdisciplinary aesthetic field
  • has in-depth knowledge of recent international aesthetic theory and practice in specific fields
  •  has broad knowledge of relevant forms of reference and documentation

Skills

The student:

  • is capable of analysing relevant theories in the field and working independently with practical and theoretical problem-solving
  • is capable of reflecting on diversity and different ethical perspectives in the aesthetic field
  • is capable of assessing and critically reflecting on the influence of  technology in the aesthetic field
  • is capable of selecting, analysing and discussing relevant contemporary works in the international and Nordic aesthetic field

Competence

The student:

  • is capable of communicating with various target groups about research questions, analyses and positions in the interdisciplinary aesthetic field

Teaching and learning methods

There will be lectures and teacher-led seminars. Students are expected to participate actively in group work and discussions during seminars.

Course requirements

Activities with compulsory attendance

It is compulsory to attend the seminars. These are considered essential for developing skills and general competence, as they give the students the opportunity to verbalize, analyze and discuss key issues of the course. The group work on which the seminars are based require that most students are present.

Students with undocumented absence from more than 25 % of these seminars cannot take the exam. Students who have attended less than 75 % of the seminars, but can document valid compelling reasons for all the absences, will have to submit a written paper on a given theme as compensation in order to be able to take the exam. The length of the paper shall be in the range of 2,000-5,000 words, depending on the number of seminars missed.

Students shall also take part in online discussions on topics from the course. Each student is required to post at least four contributions of a minimum of 50-100 words each. Taking part in an online discussion of the course contents ensures the active involvement of the students with the issues the course deals with, and thus enhances learning. Information on deadlines for posting and questions to respond to will be given at the start of the course. If a deadline is not met, the student will be given a new deadline. However, unless all four posts have been posted by the last lecture/seminar (whichever comes last), the student cannot take the exam.

Assessment

Studenten skal gjennomføre veiledede praksisstudier. Studiene organiseres slik at studenten har hovedfokus på anestesi til pasienter klassifisert i ASA-gruppe 1 og 2 (fysisk klassifiseringssystem). Det forventes at studenten viser faglig progresjon, tar ansvar og i økende grad gjør selvstendige vurderinger i utøvelsen av anestesisykepleie.

Praksisstudiene organiseres slik at studenten får erfaring med og utvikler kompetanse i anestesisykepleie ved alle hyppig forekommende sykdomstilstander, sentrale behandlingsformer og ulike pasientsituasjoner. Som et minimum kreves det at studenten får erfaring med ulike anestesiformer som total intravenøs anestesi, inhalasjonsanestesi, regional og lokal anestesi. Det bør tilstrebes at studenten får erfaring med de anestesiologiske utfordringene ved ulike kirurgiske metoder som større bløtdels-, ortopedisk-, obstetrisk-, øre-nese-hals-kirurgi og anestesi ved ulike undersøkelser og behandlinger i og utenfor operasjonsavdelinger. Studenten skal også få erfaring med anestesi til barn og akutt kirurgi, samt håndtering av kritisk syke pasienter i og utenfor sykehus.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

Opptak til studiet.

Grading scale

Etter gjennomført emne har studenten følgende læringsutbytte, definert i kunnskap, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse:

Kunnskap

Studenten

  • kan vurdere hvordan de vanligste anestesimetoder og anestesimidler virker og benyttes
  • kan vurdere de vanligste komplikasjoner ved akutt og kritisk sykdom, avansert medisinsk behandling og anestesi
  • kan vurdere anestesiapparatet og det vanligste medisinske utstyret som brukes i behandlingen

Ferdigheter

Studenten kan, under veiledning:

  • anvende anestesiapparatet og det vanlige medisinske utstyret som brukes i behandlingen, bevisst og forsvarlig
  • forebygge leieskader og andre komplikasjoner som følge av undersøkelser og behandling
  • observere, vurdere og identifisere pasientens generelle og spesielle behov, ressurser og problemer gjennom kommunikasjon og samhandling med pasienten og pårørende
  • innhente/finne, vurdere og anvende informasjon om pasientens tilstand fra skriftlige og elektroniske kilder
  • sikre kontinuitet i pasientens behandling ved skriftlig og muntlig dokumentasjon
  • forebygge stress og angst hos pasienten ved hjelp av kommunikasjon, informasjon og tilrettelegging av et trygt og støttende miljø ved kirurgisk behandling og undersøkelser
  • anvende kunnskap om observasjoner og kliniske vurderinger under anestesi
  • kan vurdere og erkjenne eget kompetansenivå og konsultere relevant personell ved behov

Generell kompetanse

Studenten

  • kan, under veiledning, analysere etiske problemstillinger med utgangspunkt i fag-, forsknings-, erfarings- og pasientkunnskap
  • kan, under veiledning, analysere teknologiens muligheter og begrensninger
  • kan ta imot veiledning og viser evne til å reflektere over egne handlinger

Examiners

This course elucidates relevant theory and concepts for both the interdisciplinary and specific art fields. The course presents concepts that are important in contemporary international aesthetic fields through theory and examples including contemporary expressions in art, design, craft, dramatic art, applied theatre, fashion and performance, as well as recent artistic research and scholarly research. The students will choose a specialisation in one of three areas. 

 

The course covers documentation, selection and analyses of relevant examples in the student’s own field of interest, as well as interdisciplinary cooperation.